CINAHL® (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)

• CINAHL® is the most comprehensive, authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. CINAHL® provides indexing for thousands of journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains millions of records dating back to 1982. (Adapted from EBSCOhost® at http://www.ebscohost.com/cinahl/)

CINAHL KW Search

Steps in Keyword Search:

• Type in keywords: bariatric surgery and anesthesia

• Add limits to search:Publication years: 2002-2008Select “peer reviewed”

• Click “search” to perform search

Keyword Search Screen:

CINAHL KW Search Results

Results screen features:

• 16 peer reviewed articles retrieved

• Each article citation shows: article title, author(s), journal title, issue and pages.

• Click on article title to see more details (select title #1)

Search Results Screen:

CINAHL KW Search Results #1

Details of Search Results #1:• Major fields in record:

Article titleAuthor(s)SourcePublication typeLanguageSubjectsAbstract (if present)

• Print, email, save, etc.

Search Details Screen:

CINAHL KW Search Return to Results

Look at features in item #1:

• “Add to folder” – allows creation of a folder containing selected results

• Clicking on “360 Link to Full Text” – allows access to the full text article, or to order the article

Search Results Screen -- features:

CINAHL KW Search Click Full Text in Results #1

Detailed Information on Full Text Options:

• Complete citation of article at the top

• Statement of no electronic holdings for this article

• Request digital delivery of this article

• Then, click on link to order article

Full Text Information Screen:

CINAHL KW Search Ordering Article #1Steps to Request Full Text Article:

• Select home institution• Enter Access ID and PW• Click “submit”• Review article details• Enter date “needed by”• Click submit• Click OK• Article ordered• Article will be delivered via

e-mail

ArticleReach Service:

Author and Journal Title Searching

• Author searching is performed by typing in the author’s last name, followed by the first and middle initials, and then selecting AU (author) field from the pull-down menu.

• Journal title searching is performed by typing in the journal title abbreviation, or the full journal title, and then selecting the SO (journal title) field from the pull-down menu.

After these initial search steps, limits can then be selected just as in KW searching.

Nancy A. Wilmes, Nursing Librarian Liaison 8/25/08